120 EIGHTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT ON THE STATE CABINET. 



ATRIPLEX, Tournefort. Orache. 



HAST AT A, L. Hastate-leaved A triplex. 



Common at Salina, roadsides, marshes, shores of the lake; Avith all manner 

 of variations, from small erect simple plants, having rough brown seeds a 

 line in diameter, tlirough branching specimens with shining black seeds half 

 a line in diameter, both light-green and covered with mealy scales; and a 

 very large form with deep-green smooth leaves, seeds two lines in diameter, 

 to 



var. OBLONGIFOLTA. ObloTig-leaved Atriplex. 



Leaves entire, broadest at the end. August - November. 



Samphire-. 

 Herbaceous Salicornia. 



SALICOKNIA, Tournefort. 



HERBACEA, L. 



Salt-marvshes of Onondaga lake : common at Salina, and abundant on the 

 west side of the lake opposite Liverpool. 



Many of the low grounds are covered with this plant; and in autumn they 

 are very beautiful, after a few frosts have turned them into fields of crimson. 



August, September. 



AMAEANTACE^. 



AMARANTHS, Tournefort. 



HYBRIDUS, L. 



"Waste grounds. 



RETRO FLEXUS, L. 



Gardens and fields. 



.ALB US, L. 



Roadsides, yards. 



Amaranths. 



Hybrid Ainarantus. 

 August - October. 



Refiexed-haired Amarantus. 

 Common. July - September. 



White Amarantus. 

 August - October. 



POLYGONACE^. 

 POLYGONUM, L. 



ORIENT ALE, L. 



About gardens, rubbish. 



Buckwheats. 



Oriental Polygonum. 

 July - September. 



AMPHiBiuM, L. Amphibious Polygonum. 



In the lakes of the North woods a form abounds, much larger than the 

 next and apparently quite different, growing with it. 



var. AQUATICUM, L. Water Polygonum. 



Sander's lake, Pearson. Oneida lake, Knieskern. East Dry-lot pond, south 

 Herkimer county. In all the lakes and ponds from Otsego to Madison coun- 

 ties, Gray. Leland's pond, Eaton, Madison county, Bradley. Common in 

 the lakes of the north woods. 



var. TERRESTRE, Torrey. Shore Polygonum. 



Coon Chisholm's. Schenectady, Pearson. Borders of a millpond near Win- 

 field. Along the outlet of Owasco lake, I. H. Hall. Cayuga lake, Gray. 



Frequent. July - September. 



NODOSUM, Per soon. 



var. INCARNATUM, Gray. 

 Low banks of the Mohawk. 



PENNSYLVANICUM, L. 

 Brooksides, marshes. 



Nodding Polygonum. 

 Flesh-colored Polygonum, 

 Infrequent. August - October. 



Pennsylvanian Polygonum. 

 Abundant. July - October. 



